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and is very popular with his people. DR.. Bar.
nett preached from the text, HE caleth ms
own sheep by name and leadeth them ont.
In DR.. Barnett's introduction he said these
people were pastoral people ana thelr
wealth consisted in herds. Hence the figure
| In the text was fully understood by, them
He treated the text under three heads, hrst,
there was knowledge of the. sheep; End
naming them, and 9rd. leading them. These
three Ideas were ably discussed and timely
shown up by apt Illustration. In the pulpit II, |
much pathos and force. He Is building up @
fine reputation in Atlanta and does much
mission work.
Sabbath night it was our privilege to hear
DR.. Hawthorne. We went some time before
the hour but found the church overcrowded
then. DR.. Hawthorne's reputation seems not
TO have waned but rather increased by his
controversy on prohibition. Every available
scat in his church was taken up two and a
half hours before service began. Standing
room was at a premium and hundreds were
turned away. He Is q tall, handsome man,
with intellectual face and high forehead. The
moment lie speaks you feel that you are In
the presence of n man Of power. He spoke
from the text: "Stand fast in the 18th, quit
you like men," DR.. Hawthorne struck US as as
being a strong, positive character, very likely
to be thoroughly hated by his adversarieS.
The recent prohibition fight In Atlanta shows
this. His sermon was climax ending with q
a large part of his audience was standing. the
speaker held his audience until the last SEN
tence was pronounced and then there was
rush for the doors to get good breath. Haw.
thorne is little behind Palmer In pulpit
Monday We devoted to "doing up the city
of Atlanta. The first place we visited was
were shown through by the. President. Maj.
D. n. Speer. The Buildings that the Mills oc,,
cupy are those Of the former Exposition ana
are mammoth In proportion. The main
building is 700 feet by 400, and has all the ma
chinery on one floor and 1t is sight to see.
You see 500 looms and l6 ,000 spindles all whirl-
Ing and buzzing at once. Twenty five bales Ie
of cotton are consumed day and about o. ut SS,.
day to run the Mills. The two weeks previous
10 our visit the president sold 2l00 bales TO
the Chica, India and South America trade.
The company owns hlty acres oI lnn1 noo sur Io
the whole. President Speer's administration
has been very successful, with no trouble
with the operatives. At the last meeting OF
stockholders, Mr.. inman, VINO holds ine
was taken by a rising vote, cordially endors,
ing the business management, sagacity and
energy of the president.
which was In session.. 1t was IL perfect bah
BILE. The clerks In the House and Senate were
reading bills for the last time and no one was
paying any attention. we notlced oill pass
utes here was sufficient for both Houses.
Through the kindness of friend we were
shown through the mammoth wholesale es,
tablishment of Moore, Mark Co; We next
went through the candy and cracker factory
OF Frank +. Block. 1t is sight to see the diff
ferent processes of candy and cracker making.
We were shown through the elegant nnd ex'
tenSive retail store OF Doroughty d 20. Ihey
have 50 clerks all busy as bees. Mr.. Eustis
Power. Il young man of this county. full oil
energy and vim is with this house. We were
glad to know that his employers appreciated
his many good qualities. we had qulte q
pleasant chat with Mr.. Doroughty. He is an
excellent gedtleman and they, give strict at.
tention to all orders placed In their hands
from distance. for notions or dry goods. =,
The mammoth establishment OF j. M.
ornaments to any place. The new capital
building attracts general attention, and VIII
cost one million when completed.
We may here state that the torch light pro
cesslon Wednesday night and the balloon @ as.
President thought the torch light procession
the finest demonstration he witnessed on his
tour.
us was the family reunion at Maj. D. N,
Speers. About IS Of the Sgeer family and and
connection were present. They came from
Florida Georgia, North Carolina Soutn In ChaG arc
never seen. Judge James Speer, Of Florida
my mothers youngest brother she had moi
see in 80 years. I had never seen him. 1t wat
every thing possible TO make his guests enjoy
themselves. He succeeded right royalty
Jovial kind find talker, II is hard to ma, match
him. "Blood Is thicker than water" Still II
is not every one that cares to entertain IS OF
40 Of his kin for week on such an occasion
To such affection, whenever found, we dof
our hat.
The pick pockets had harvest, One got
DR.. Wideman's pocket book. But the Doctor
had put his money In another pocket and
lost nothing. Our good friend MI: Michael
MCGEE lost about $40. He says he dosn'
mind supporting objects of charity, but be
has O decided aversion TO this KIND OF thing
lost S65, every cent he had.
Thursday morning we made an effort with
our party to bound the car, but found IL nope
loss Finally however we were fortunate ir
getting good accommo odations on the Palace
car, at modest advance on our tickets. The
ladies got good rest and shortly afternoon
we were set down in Seneca City at the keo
wee House, with excellent accommodations
Our trip was one of the most ENJOYABLE
our lives, and here we are at home again
II. S. G.